didn't know they played "Big Blue Plymouth" live!
― the little prince of inane false binary hype (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 26 April 2013 11:07 (eleven years ago) link
Yep, here's a good example.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5HOvElJtxfA
― ヘイシグ・ブローズ (MaresNest), Friday, 26 April 2013 11:14 (eleven years ago) link
unreleased surf(!) instrumental
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ae_J3iPEE-A
― nauru, Thursday, 18 September 2014 11:52 (ten years ago) link
This live footage from late '80 just surfaced, b&w but it's the full concert and sounds pretty good too.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B-_PC6TlIhs
― MaresNest, Sunday, 11 January 2015 21:39 (nine years ago) link
So many great shows from the Capitol Theatre you can find online. This, Clash, Springsteen, Prince. Rush.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0LJKXIHaKqE
― Josh in Chicago, Sunday, 11 January 2015 22:17 (nine years ago) link
Great to see them with Belew. His guitar is such an x factor.
― something of an astrological coup (tipsy mothra), Monday, 12 January 2015 04:23 (nine years ago) link
seems weird that the album version of "Take Me To the River" was any kind of hit, it's so leaden and sluggish - possibly the worst idea/song on the album
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 15 July 2015 16:08 (nine years ago) link
otm
― Roberto Spiralli, Wednesday, 15 July 2015 16:11 (nine years ago) link
for sure
first album is better anyway
― demonic mnevice (Jon Lewis), Wednesday, 15 July 2015 16:12 (nine years ago) link
too far
― Roberto Spiralli, Wednesday, 15 July 2015 16:13 (nine years ago) link
Odd choice for a single, yes, leaden no.
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 15 July 2015 16:17 (nine years ago) link
First and second albums are the same album except the second has that swirling Eno production.
While I much prefer Al Green's funky original, I've always liked the intensity of the Heads' cover.
― Jazzbo, Wednesday, 15 July 2015 16:20 (nine years ago) link
yeah I don't feel the intensity. the band seems removed from the quasi-religious emotional fervor underpinning the song, which is a little strange given that Byrne def figured out how to incorporate that into later material
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 15 July 2015 16:26 (nine years ago) link
I was looking up live performances of "Girls Want To Be With The Girls" recently, and kind of fascinated by the difference between this vs. concert performances just a year or so later. Also, this video pretty much confirms the origin of the Feelies' first album cover.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=25XLlpAigWw
― dlp9001, Wednesday, 15 July 2015 16:32 (nine years ago) link
I just loooove the way the guitars sound on that first record and the way the two of them frisk each other
― demonic mnevice (Jon Lewis), Wednesday, 15 July 2015 17:07 (nine years ago) link
seems weird that the album version of "Take Me To the River" was any kind of hit, it's so leaden and sluggish
BASS LINE AS HOOK
In that old PBS Rock & Roll doc series, in the "Punk" episode Weymouth recounts a conversation she had with Bernie Worrell about why their version became the hit. He told her something to the effect that the groove they laid down made you want to move up on your lover.
― Love, Wilco (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 15 July 2015 18:39 (nine years ago) link
https://youtu.be/Dp-dwcyFmig?t=8m33s
― Love, Wilco (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 15 July 2015 18:45 (nine years ago) link
Can someone help me find those amazing fan remasters of the early albums that were online?
― kurt schwitterz, Thursday, 12 May 2016 17:44 (eight years ago) link
i remember reading about them here and there were youtube links and everything!
― kurt schwitterz, Thursday, 12 May 2016 18:05 (eight years ago) link
You mean those Downmix things? They do sound incredible.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T7okvbwIg9M
― Double Nickels on the Pecunidigm (Dan Peterson), Thursday, 12 May 2016 18:47 (eight years ago) link
omg you are the best thank you!!!
― kurt schwitterz, Thursday, 12 May 2016 19:55 (eight years ago) link
Here's where you can download all the downmixes -
http://www.sharoma.com/eclectic_ril.htm
― MaresNest, Thursday, 12 May 2016 20:39 (eight years ago) link
Many have different vocal takes and all sorts of antics
― MaresNest, Thursday, 12 May 2016 20:40 (eight years ago) link
While we're at it: Does anyone here have the og Byrne mixes of The B-52's "Mesopotamia"? Have been searching a while for those and most places that had them seem to have disappeared in The Great Blog Purge Of '12.
― Acid Hose (Capitaine Jay Vee), Thursday, 12 May 2016 21:07 (eight years ago) link
I do. I just sent you email.
― Double Nickels on the Pecunidigm (Dan Peterson), Thursday, 12 May 2016 21:33 (eight years ago) link
May I too? If it's no trouble?
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 12 May 2016 21:34 (eight years ago) link
You have mail!
― Double Nickels on the Pecunidigm (Dan Peterson), Thursday, 12 May 2016 21:38 (eight years ago) link
Thanks! Replied!
― Acid Hose (Capitaine Jay Vee), Thursday, 12 May 2016 21:45 (eight years ago) link
Holy crap, listening to "More Songs" and it's like hearing the album for the first time with fresh ears. I've heard the 5.1 mixes, but this is something better. How awesome.
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 12 May 2016 22:12 (eight years ago) link
can i get that b52s?! corysklar AT gmail ??
― kurt schwitterz, Thursday, 12 May 2016 22:45 (eight years ago) link
Sent!
― Double Nickels on the Pecunidigm (Dan Peterson), Friday, 13 May 2016 13:55 (eight years ago) link
ookay, just one more? pretty pls mr peterson?
adamrsbeales at hotmail dot combover
― da vinci beaver testicles (contenderizer), Friday, 13 May 2016 14:07 (eight years ago) link
Sent. Why the band hasn't made this stuff generally available I'll never know, there's obviously a demand!
― Double Nickels on the Pecunidigm (Dan Peterson), Friday, 13 May 2016 14:21 (eight years ago) link
The Byrne mixes are great fun. Super skeletal and dubby. Thanks again!
― Acid Hose (Capitaine Jay Vee), Friday, 13 May 2016 14:25 (eight years ago) link
Cluttering up the Heads thread with just a bit more B's, the other four songs that were to be part of the Byrne-produced album are:
Queen of Las Vegas (that outtake is now on the Nude on the Moon comp)Big BirdButterbean (above 2 both reworked for the Whammy! album; I've never seen/heard Byrne versions)Adios Desconocida (a ballad by Fred!) I think I have this somewhere.
― Double Nickels on the Pecunidigm (Dan Peterson), Friday, 13 May 2016 15:02 (eight years ago) link
Aha!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WjHJcji686k
― Double Nickels on the Pecunidigm (Dan Peterson), Friday, 13 May 2016 15:05 (eight years ago) link
o shit this is so f'n tite thank you thx dp
― kurt schwitterz, Friday, 13 May 2016 16:24 (eight years ago) link
I have this: https://www.discogs.com/The-B-52s-Party-Mix-Mesopotamia/release/76869
but I guess these are remixes, different from Byrne's originals?
― Οὖτις, Friday, 13 May 2016 16:28 (eight years ago) link
There are three mixes, afaik. The US Warner Brothers is the standard mix, the UK Island label contains the Byrne mixes (only on the very first copies? I think the Island release was fixed to include the standard mix shortly after release.) WB tweaked the mix again for the twofer release; I've seen this referred to as a "rock" mix. I own both US releases, but I've never really done a compare and contrast.
― Double Nickels on the Pecunidigm (Dan Peterson), Friday, 13 May 2016 16:57 (eight years ago) link
hey after basking in the glory of those fold-down mixes for a while, I have realized that for some reason I am missing "Life During Wartime", guess it failed to extract? if anyone happens to have that a PM would be great, it bugs the completist in me to have a track missing esp on one of my fave albums.
― ro✧✧✧@il✧✧✧.c✧✧ (sleeve), Saturday, 23 July 2016 18:31 (eight years ago) link
DLing the downmix of Remain in Light; seems like perfect hot-day music.
― Don Van Gorp, midwest regional VP, marketing (誤訳侮辱), Saturday, 23 July 2016 19:15 (eight years ago) link
yeah the downmixes are just a work of genius. the final minute or so of Seen And Not Seen where you hear Byrne scatting and mumbling stuff that is literally unheard in the final mix (i'm sure he says "Brian?.." at one point). does make the originals sound very flat by comparison.
― piscesx, Saturday, 23 July 2016 22:54 (eight years ago) link
I'm gonna go contrarian on this - the magic of Remain for me is the intricate melange of parts simmering away in a fugue. You can focus on and isolate an element while you listen, or you can lose yourself in the ocean. The downmixes sound like worktapes to me, where the mix is not bedded in and the rough edges are showing. Fascinating, but not fully realised and in no way superior to the released mixes.
― MatthewK, Sunday, 24 July 2016 12:45 (eight years ago) link
Did anyone watch the Documentary Now! parody of 'Stop Making Sense'? It was so lovingly done.
― Everything Moves Towards The Sun (Ross), Thursday, 29 December 2016 01:04 (seven years ago) link
While this thread is active, my uh version of the downmixes discussed above failed to properly extract "Life During Wartime" ( the regular album version), if anyone has this plz ILXmail me.
― sleeve, Thursday, 29 December 2016 02:42 (seven years ago) link
yeah that was good (the documentary now episode).
any more to the rumors that they were in rehearsals?
― akm, Thursday, 29 December 2016 03:34 (seven years ago) link
I'm probably going to get lynched for this but...
...*deep breath*...
...Dud.
― more Allegro-like (Turrican), Friday, 8 September 2017 19:32 (seven years ago) link
if you say so
― Week of Wonders (Ross), Friday, 8 September 2017 19:59 (seven years ago) link
They're no GENESIS...
― to fly across the city and find Aerosmith's car (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 8 September 2017 20:13 (seven years ago) link